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scientists, including Dr. P.l Haley, Jr., Dr. P. F.J. Lermusiaux, Mr. w.G. Leslie, Dr.
C.J. Lozano, Dr. lA. Dusenberry, all from Harvard, Dr. R. Onken from SACLANT
Undersea Research Centre, and Dr. K. Nittis from NCMR Athens. We are grateful
to the captain and crew of the NATO Research Vessel Alliance and the technical
staff of SACLANT Undersea Research Centre and specifically to E. Nacini, G.
Baldasserini, P. Zanasca and M. Zahorodny. The Harvard research and operational
effort was supported by grants N00014-95-l-037l and N00014-97-l-0239 from
the Oftice of Naval Research. The SACLANTCEN effort was due to the REA
project 011-1 in the Centre's Programme ofWork.